OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS RH170 Inspection and servicing AIR-INTAKE SYSTEM Wear fall arresters. Risk of injury caused by rotating or hot parts of the engine. Shut off the engines before working on the air-intake system. Secure the machine as described in the "Securing the machine" section. Read and observe the "Engine - Safety instructions" chapter.
Do not start the engine when parts of the air-intake system have been detached.
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Engine damage may occur if the engine is allowed to draw in unfiltered air.
Each engine is equipped with two dry-air filters (Fig. 3-46:) consisting of main and safety filter element. Insufficient air-intake performance, caused by a contaminated main filter element, is displayed on the BCS-screen (Fig. 3-47:). Clean or renew main filter elements only if the BCS displays a warning on the screen (Fig. 3-47:) with the engines running at high speed.
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